"Attack" was actually a very subtle concept. Spells were not simply a matter of firing an energy blast, causing physical destruction, and killing someone—it was not that simple, though that was certainly part of spells.
The many ways spells could kill were enough for Tiansheng Peak of Sky Spirit Ridge to establish an entire separate branch of study.
And the transformations involved in spell combat were even more complex and terrifying.
For instance, merely "stirring the enemy's internal mana" to inflict damage could take many different forms. The "mutual annihilation of astral qi and spells," "spell infiltration," and so on were all fields of knowledge in themselves.
And this was only one corner of Shenzhou, one corner of the universe.
If one looked across the entire universe, even the Celestial Favored Clan would not dare claim to know every spell and every possible effect.
Much less the mere human race?
Encountering an unidentifiable spell was nothing unusual.
But if that unidentifiable spell displayed effects theoretically difficult to achieve, or something else utterly inconceivable, then it warranted deep consideration.
Just like what Wang Qi was facing now.
He sensed that the mana within his body... had not actually diminished?
That should not have been possible.
After the spikes at the roots of his fingers had pierced the opponent's body, the Humanoid Mechanism Beast had indeed lost power on a massive scale. Wang Qi had chosen the Mechanism Beast's construction precisely to prevent "moving structures getting stuck" due to thermal expansion and contraction.
Under such circumstances, the "giant" losing power could only mean it had "lost its mana reinforcement."
But now... Wang Qi could clearly sense that the enormous Humanoid Mechanism Beast was brimming with mana to an outrageous degree.
And he had not deliberately replenished its power just now.
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